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embassy officials trying to recruit a russian agent to the cia. they claim he carried an arsenal of spy supplies including a compass and street map but some question if these are modern day tools of a real american spy. >> i don't know that i would necessarily expect a spy to be walking around with two wigs, three pairs of sunglasses and his official diplomatic id card. >> his arrest comes as u.s. and russian agents have been working together in the investigation over the boston bombings. >>> let's check the weather. >> i usually carry around a couple of wigs in case i miss the forecast. [ laughter ] >> i like this one. >> the one you had on this morning was good. he pretty good out there now. you need a little extra hair as we have the winds kicking up outside. [ laughter ] >> it's blustery in spots already in san francisco. you see the winds starting to whip through the trees there and more winds around the bay area. they will be picking up throughout the afternoon. the flags are waving inland as well as we are seeing some of those gusty winds d
embassy officials trying to recruit a russian agent to the cia. they claim he carried an arsenal of spy supplies including a compass and street map but some question if these are modern day tools of a real american spy. >> i don't know that i would necessarily expect a spy to be walking around with two wigs, three pairs of sunglasses and his official diplomatic id card. >> his arrest comes as u.s. and russian agents have been working together in the investigation over the boston...
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first the cia blamed protesters. then the state department spokeswoman said prior warnings could make the agency look back. t >> the cia was the agency that made changes to the edits -- i mean to the talking points and then produced the talking points. >> for the president's spokesman to say that, well, there was only words or technical changes made in those e-mails is a flat-out untruth. >> so to blame the cia is a convenient truth. the real truth is, the people who were there in tripoli and in benghazi knew this was a terrorist attack from the get-go. >> reporter: issa says today he'll invite the co-chairs of the benghazi review board to testify privately about why they didn't question secretary of state clinton. >> because, in fact, we knew where the responsibility rested. >> reporter: lawmakers say expect more whistleblowers like gregory hicks who told congress last week he asked for more help during the benghazi attack and was denied. but some question whether this investigation is headed in the right direction.
first the cia blamed protesters. then the state department spokeswoman said prior warnings could make the agency look back. t >> the cia was the agency that made changes to the edits -- i mean to the talking points and then produced the talking points. >> for the president's spokesman to say that, well, there was only words or technical changes made in those e-mails is a flat-out untruth. >> so to blame the cia is a convenient truth. the real truth is, the people who were...
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he left the cia in 2004. by 2007 when he gave that tv interview, he had been gone three years. >> i remember the time somebody acknowledged he ever worked for the cia. >> yes, it's funny. something has happened. i think it's changing the nature of the relationship between the government and journalism. it's still very much unresolved. kiriakou's case is an example. post 9/11, a whole lot more people cared about national security issues than was the case before. all of a sudden, there was a market for former cia pokes, former defense intelligence agencies and even former national security agency, the big eavesdropping agency. all of those used to operating in the shadow saw a market for their services as commentators and book writers. there was this somewhat uncomfortable interaction between the agencies and these usually former employees who were coming out of the shadows and writing about what they done in their lives and there have been many lawsuits over that since. >> in the end, we got a lot to discuss a
he left the cia in 2004. by 2007 when he gave that tv interview, he had been gone three years. >> i remember the time somebody acknowledged he ever worked for the cia. >> yes, it's funny. something has happened. i think it's changing the nature of the relationship between the government and journalism. it's still very much unresolved. kiriakou's case is an example. post 9/11, a whole lot more people cared about national security issues than was the case before. all of a sudden,...
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diplomat that claim is a cia agent at the the caught red handed try to recruit a russian agent. the fsb said in a statement tuesday that ryan fogele , a third secretary at the u.s. embassy in moscow, was caring special technical equipment, disguises, written instruction that a large sum of money when he was detained overnight. off state television showed pictures of the man said to befogle sitting at a desk in fsb offices. csfb said he was head anded over to the u.s. embassy officials. no immediate comment was available from the u.s. embassy. >> it appears americans are split over whether the obama in ministratiadministration is g honest about the deadly september attack in benghazi. and more than half of those surveyed are not even following the story. that according to the new pew research center study. republicans accuse the obama administration of essentially misleading the public to believe the terrorist attack was simply a protest gone wrong. president obama says the gop out rachel the account is really a political sideshow. the associated press top executive is calling th
diplomat that claim is a cia agent at the the caught red handed try to recruit a russian agent. the fsb said in a statement tuesday that ryan fogele , a third secretary at the u.s. embassy in moscow, was caring special technical equipment, disguises, written instruction that a large sum of money when he was detained overnight. off state television showed pictures of the man said to befogle sitting at a desk in fsb offices. csfb said he was head anded over to the u.s. embassy officials. no...
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the talking points. >> so to blame the cia is a convenient truth. the real truth is the people who were there in tripoli and benghazi knew this was a terrorist attack from the get-go. >> the word we are hearing from republicans here on the hill not just about those talking points ending up being incorrect but also about the investigationafter ward, the review board that looked into who at the state department knew there were requests for more security in benghazi and did not respond to the requests. did they ask enough questions? did they go high enough? today, we understand an invitation is being sent out to come in first for private testimony before the house overtight committee. laura? >> one to watch. thank you very much, tracy. live from washington. >> san jose getting ready to get rid of a big-time eyesore. today is graffiti cleanup time. crews ready to move in. "today in the bay's" bob redell live in san jose with more on this plan to keep graffiti from going right back up. >> good morning. >> good morning to you. maybe you have seen these ov
the talking points. >> so to blame the cia is a convenient truth. the real truth is the people who were there in tripoli and benghazi knew this was a terrorist attack from the get-go. >> the word we are hearing from republicans here on the hill not just about those talking points ending up being incorrect but also about the investigationafter ward, the review board that looked into who at the state department knew there were requests for more security in benghazi and did not respond...
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fox news, chief washington correspondent james rosen has our report. >> these were cia drafted and cia finalized talking points. >> reporter: state department insisted this 94 pages of e-mail released wednesday by obama administration show it was the cia that drove the editing of the false talking points to benghazi. but e-mails reveal then state department spokeswoman victoria new land, and secretary of state david adams were major players in process demanding deletion of references on -- >> those were concerns that we know and have known that cia also shared. >> reporter: true to cia general council steven preston claimed early on that fbi had given quote, express instructs not to issue any statements identifying the attackers. a cia official e-mails his colleague at langly at 9:15:00 p.m. that fateful friday to say quote, state department had major reservation with much or most of the document we havevised document with their concerns in mind, when new land cited fbi investigation as reason for deleting terrorism reverends a cia official shot back, quote, the fbi did not have major
fox news, chief washington correspondent james rosen has our report. >> these were cia drafted and cia finalized talking points. >> reporter: state department insisted this 94 pages of e-mail released wednesday by obama administration show it was the cia that drove the editing of the false talking points to benghazi. but e-mails reveal then state department spokeswoman victoria new land, and secretary of state david adams were major players in process demanding deletion of...
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why would the cia want those words taken out? >> because the way it was explained to me and other reporters by senior administration officials is they didn't want to finger any one group for the attack, in case they were wrong. because it was just days after the attack. and what if, for example, they said this was done by al qaeda and it turns out it wasn't. and then they have to go back and try to accuse someone else that makes it more difficult later on when they try to proceed with a later investigation. so they don't want to be wrong early, and publicly. now, i'll point out that victoria nuland. these e-mails show that the state department asked for a different change, which was that ansar al sharia, an the al-qaeda affilia affiliate, as you know, is named in the talking points. the cia was fine with that and the state department asked for that to come out and it did come out. so, look, there is something for the critics to point to and say the state department wanted some the al-qaeda affiliate taken out and you took it out
why would the cia want those words taken out? >> because the way it was explained to me and other reporters by senior administration officials is they didn't want to finger any one group for the attack, in case they were wrong. because it was just days after the attack. and what if, for example, they said this was done by al qaeda and it turns out it wasn't. and then they have to go back and try to accuse someone else that makes it more difficult later on when they try to proceed with a...
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i put the question to the former cia director michael hayden. do you think there is significance to the fact that so many people who hunted down bill bin laden were woman. >> i will confirm, you are right. this is a band of sisters that led this analytical hunt. two were jennifer matthews was there and elizabeth hanson. both had briefed me about the hunt for bin laden. they were phenomenal. they were obsessed. they were focused. >> somebody said to me there are all of those macho guys out there but you wouldn't want these women after you because they are relentless. >> they were absolutely relentless. this is a decades-long hunt and for these women, longer than a decade. these people were hunting bin laden before hunting bin laden was cool and popular. they were back in the day, prior to 9/11 and in fact, opening line from homeland -- >> missed something once before. >> where she says i missed something that day. i think a lot of people at the agency, including these folks were animated by the fact that if that even had taken place and now they
i put the question to the former cia director michael hayden. do you think there is significance to the fact that so many people who hunted down bill bin laden were woman. >> i will confirm, you are right. this is a band of sisters that led this analytical hunt. two were jennifer matthews was there and elizabeth hanson. both had briefed me about the hunt for bin laden. they were phenomenal. they were obsessed. they were focused. >> somebody said to me there are all of those macho...
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this is the first version of the benghazi talking points produced by the cia on september 14th, 2012. it says that the benghazi assaults may have been quote spontaneously inspired by the protests of the u.s. embassy in cairo and evolved into a direct assault against the u.s. consulate. it also said, quote, we know that islamic extremists with ties to al qaeda participated in the attack. it also cites at least five other attacks against foreign interests in benghazi and that we can not rule out that individuals had previously surveiled the u.s. facilities. the final version, after numerous revisions produced at 12:13 p.m. on september 15th kept the concept of a spontaneous demonstration but removed references to al qaeda or affiliated groups, previous attacks on diplomatic facilities or the possibility of premeditated under surveillance. this page shows how much of it happened. handwritten changes ordered by deputy cia director michael morell after a white house meeting september 15th. top cia officials told us his changes consequence dentally expressed those by top state department of
this is the first version of the benghazi talking points produced by the cia on september 14th, 2012. it says that the benghazi assaults may have been quote spontaneously inspired by the protests of the u.s. embassy in cairo and evolved into a direct assault against the u.s. consulate. it also said, quote, we know that islamic extremists with ties to al qaeda participated in the attack. it also cites at least five other attacks against foreign interests in benghazi and that we can not rule out...
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also this week a spy scandal russia exposes the cia's chief in moscow on u.s. intelligence is caught red handed on to a crude.
also this week a spy scandal russia exposes the cia's chief in moscow on u.s. intelligence is caught red handed on to a crude.
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to congress by the cia, that this was an intelligence assessment. republicans pounced and attacked and suggested that improperly the white house or others altered those talking points, changed the intelligence assessment, and what the release of these e-mails show is that republicans are wrong. they were wrong then, and they're wrong now. and this has been a highly politicized affair about, you know, that totally misses the point about what happened in benghazi. we should be focused on finding out who did it, who killed four americans and bring them to justice. that's what the president's focused on. we should be focused on taking action to ensure that we have the appropriate security for our diplomats and our diplomatic facilities to make sure that this doesn't happen again. that's what this president's been focused on. you heard him talk about that again today. when it comes to the issue of al qaeda, as i said, i think if you look at the e-mails, the changes that you're talking about, some of them were made by the cia internally and the other issu
to congress by the cia, that this was an intelligence assessment. republicans pounced and attacked and suggested that improperly the white house or others altered those talking points, changed the intelligence assessment, and what the release of these e-mails show is that republicans are wrong. they were wrong then, and they're wrong now. and this has been a highly politicized affair about, you know, that totally misses the point about what happened in benghazi. we should be focused on finding...
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says the written busting of a cia spy goes against the u.s. russia spirit of trust while the scandal leads the american agent of the mercy of the world's media with a steady flow of drugs and guns over his clothes the scale. of . the pleasures more than haunt the billion euros towards rebuilding mali as a major donors conference even of the eurozone economy shrinks for the sake of course i am. also this hour security over the sanctity of the u.s. government is up to a massive players operation targeting journalists with the white house trumping national security i've got it be all and end all.
says the written busting of a cia spy goes against the u.s. russia spirit of trust while the scandal leads the american agent of the mercy of the world's media with a steady flow of drugs and guns over his clothes the scale. of . the pleasures more than haunt the billion euros towards rebuilding mali as a major donors conference even of the eurozone economy shrinks for the sake of course i am. also this hour security over the sanctity of the u.s. government is up to a massive players operation...
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the general counsel said cia said let's be careful, folks. the fbi and the people doing the investigation don't want us talking about who we think might be responsible. and then later on, there is an anti-smoking gun. a memo on the 14th which was the day before susan rice went on tv from a guy named matt olson who is a long time anti-terrorism guy. he is the head of the national anti-terrorism center. he said at this point, we're not aware of any actionable intelligence that this attack was planned or imminent. the intelligence community is combing through before and after to determine the full extent of who was involved. i dotted there is some evidence in here that the state department was covering themselves because they had some warnings about possible problems along these lines. but it doesn't seem to implicate hillary clinton and it certainly doesn't match the narrative that this was all somehow a political cover-up of what actually happened on those days. so i'm glad the white house released the reports. we're going to pore through them
the general counsel said cia said let's be careful, folks. the fbi and the people doing the investigation don't want us talking about who we think might be responsible. and then later on, there is an anti-smoking gun. a memo on the 14th which was the day before susan rice went on tv from a guy named matt olson who is a long time anti-terrorism guy. he is the head of the national anti-terrorism center. he said at this point, we're not aware of any actionable intelligence that this attack was...
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and more spies in disguise russian security exposes a cia chief in moscow as u.s. intelligence has left red faced after again getting caught red handed trying to recruit a russian agent.
and more spies in disguise russian security exposes a cia chief in moscow as u.s. intelligence has left red faced after again getting caught red handed trying to recruit a russian agent.
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, paid by the cia, organized by the cia, but with cooperation from other countries. >> narrator: top cia official john rizzo helped authorize the prisons. >> rizzo: creating a prison system was something, certainly in my 25 years, we had never done. it was essential that these people be held in absolute isolation, with... with access to the fewest number of people. that quickly led to the conclusion that... that facilities had to be built oversees, secret facilities. >> narrator: for the first time, the white house had approved the building of an international prison system entirely in secret. >> priest: the amount of secrecy is phenomenal. the desire and the willingness of government to operate in secret and to deny the public, the media, the basic facts about whathey were doing was all- inclusive. we were falling deeper and deeper into a secretly-run government. >> narrator: and the secrecy was spreading. at the pentagon, by 2002, donald rumsfeld was waging his own covert campaign inside the defense department. >> priest: the cia was very much in front of the military, and that bot
, paid by the cia, organized by the cia, but with cooperation from other countries. >> narrator: top cia official john rizzo helped authorize the prisons. >> rizzo: creating a prison system was something, certainly in my 25 years, we had never done. it was essential that these people be held in absolute isolation, with... with access to the fewest number of people. that quickly led to the conclusion that... that facilities had to be built oversees, secret facilities. >>...
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we just reached the cia, which is also not commenting. what's very curious here is that the russians released video of this man wearing this almost comical-looking wig. they released images of what the fsb says are his belongings including wig, a knife, dark glasses, a taxicab map of moscow. so stereotypical of the spy craft and eric o'neil, former counterintelligence official who took down spy robert hanson thinks this is staged by the russian, they placed this material on him. why would a cia officer who is actually doing some recruiting be running around moscow with really bad wigs and all that other stuff. o'neil believes this was manufactured for political purposes from the russians to develop some kind of anti-american sentiment. i ran that by an official at the russian embassy here in washington this morning. he refused to comment on that. >> he was detained, as you point out, by the fsb, the counterintelligence agency in russia. tell us a little more about this agency. >> reporter: well, it's the russian's main domestic security a
we just reached the cia, which is also not commenting. what's very curious here is that the russians released video of this man wearing this almost comical-looking wig. they released images of what the fsb says are his belongings including wig, a knife, dark glasses, a taxicab map of moscow. so stereotypical of the spy craft and eric o'neil, former counterintelligence official who took down spy robert hanson thinks this is staged by the russian, they placed this material on him. why would a cia...
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russia is alleging this is a cia spy. judging from the evidence we've seen, the wigs, the sunglasses, do you believe them? >> i don't know. i'm not sure this is the case. there could be some theater here, too. the russians like to play this up when they get a spy. remember, putin, former kgb officer, is president of the country. there are tensions in the relationship over a whole host of things. so if they did get somebody involved in espionage, they may want to deter, you know, further espionage as well as russians from participating in espionage. there may be some theater involved here. >> the other part that seems like theater because it just can't be that a cia official would be this stupid is that some russian outlets like "russia today" are reporting on the english translation of a letter they obtained from mr. fogle including telling a potential double agent to go to an internet cafe, create a g-mail account, don't use your personal information. and it's written down. it seems like this is the kind of thing, this k
russia is alleging this is a cia spy. judging from the evidence we've seen, the wigs, the sunglasses, do you believe them? >> i don't know. i'm not sure this is the case. there could be some theater here, too. the russians like to play this up when they get a spy. remember, putin, former kgb officer, is president of the country. there are tensions in the relationship over a whole host of things. so if they did get somebody involved in espionage, they may want to deter, you know, further...
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learn this may have an a cia outpost? >> there are two different facilities there. let me just say this. as far as the consulate situation is concerned and where the ambassador was, there was a steady string of reporting. this was a dangerous part of the country. benghazi was a particularly dangerous place. the british left because of it. if you were going leave that place open, you better have enough security there and security there was inadequate and ability to respond to the attack was inadequate and that falls on the state department and my biggest fears is the people that made that decision are still making those decisions now for our outposts around the nation. >> do you support the law by senator schumer? >> i haven't read it or understand the details of it. i'm concerned about what happened to the associated press and i'm concerned what i think was an abuse of power at the department of justice as well. i'll need to read that law before i can give you a hard opinion on it. >> all right. senator marco rubio, repub
learn this may have an a cia outpost? >> there are two different facilities there. let me just say this. as far as the consulate situation is concerned and where the ambassador was, there was a steady string of reporting. this was a dangerous part of the country. benghazi was a particularly dangerous place. the british left because of it. if you were going leave that place open, you better have enough security there and security there was inadequate and ability to respond to the attack...
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after the cia deposed most at the place mohammad raise ashot power the shah ruled for twenty five. question until finally spoke provoked them eight hundred seventy nine islamic revolution. with fundamentalists clerics now in power the company that would eventually be known as b.p. was forced to look elsewhere for their oil. we're all the product of our environment. i grew up in a place believe me and. this is one part of dances to a different to. louisiana is in my blood feud shaped who i am. a lot of people i grew up with became fishermen or musicians or oil workers. or shops. i became from. my family has deep roots in the easy and. the do praise the daily bars in the show bands all immigrated from france and settled in this region over a hundred years ago. and when oil was discovered we released our land to the oil companies. the oil companies supplied the jobs and the money. and we all went along for the ride. in the gulf of mexico fifteen a coastal state an accident her whole piece by piece the rig known as the deepwater horizon was drilling in over a mile of water and over thr
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. >> dennis sits down with a former cia agent who was at the center of the search. >>> abducted for seven years how steven senard gained his freak and freed process. >>> in 1974, patty went from captor to criminal. that after -- dennis richmond talked to at bates about how the dramatic events played out. >> the defense said the gun isn't loaded. the prosecution said yes it was. how do you know? patty doesn't know anything about guns. she was going across like this. says i'm patty hurst. probably because she was told to. >> reporter: patty hurst and the sla dropped out of sight while the cia searched for her. then came word of a shooting in los angeles. a man tried to shoplift. the clerk grabbed him and had one hand handcuff on him when a woman opened fire. >> patty takes this sm1 and stitches the marquee. >> reporter: patty hurst and the harris got away but they left too many clues. the fbi is just about 24 hours away from arresting the sla and patty hurst. >> they said come out with your hands up. they only said that 21 times and then they fired tear gas through the front window. as soon
. >> dennis sits down with a former cia agent who was at the center of the search. >>> abducted for seven years how steven senard gained his freak and freed process. >>> in 1974, patty went from captor to criminal. that after -- dennis richmond talked to at bates about how the dramatic events played out. >> the defense said the gun isn't loaded. the prosecution said yes it was. how do you know? patty doesn't know anything about guns. she was going across like this....
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timing suggests the covert investigation was to determine who leaked details about a cia operation in yemen which foiled a terrorist plot. and while people like rnc chairman reince priebus suddenly emerge from hiding to call for the attorney general's head on a platter, holder, himself, said today he recused himself from the decision to seek those media records to avoid any conflict of interest. but that he did support the investigation into a dangerous leak. >> it is the top two or three most serious leaks that i've ever seen. it put the american people at risk, and that is not hyperbole. it put the american people at risk. and trying to determine who's responsible for that, i think, required very aggressive action. >> and as mr. holder prepares to be grilled by the house judiciary committee wednesday, it's worth noting this whole investigation was called for by members of congress such as senator john mccain. >> i call on the president to take immediate and decisive action, including the appointment of a special council, to aggressively investigate the leak of any classified informa
timing suggests the covert investigation was to determine who leaked details about a cia operation in yemen which foiled a terrorist plot. and while people like rnc chairman reince priebus suddenly emerge from hiding to call for the attorney general's head on a platter, holder, himself, said today he recused himself from the decision to seek those media records to avoid any conflict of interest. but that he did support the investigation into a dangerous leak. >> it is the top two or three...
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ambassador to russia now dealing with the fallout after the russians say they caught a cia spy. this is video of ambassador michael mcfall leaving the russian foreign ministry early this morning after meeting with the russian officials. just yesterday, russia's federal security service detained a u.s. embassy employee who was allegedly carrying technique equipment, disguise and a large sum of money. the employee has been handed over to u.s. embassy officials. >>> four weeks after the massive and deadly explosion at a texas fertilizer plant we may finally get answers. some state and federal agents are expected to release some of the findings tomorrow. they still have not said what caused the fire leading to the blast that killed 14 people. investigators are not sure if the volunteer firefighters who responded to that initial fire were fully aware of the danger they were in. >>> right now you an amazing cross country journey has turned into unexpected death. a man who works for a bay area nonprofit had just begun a trek to brazil while dribbling a soccer ball on a highway. bob red
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this was a cia outpost. four people from the state department were there for probably 30 or so people from the cia. they weren't talking about that. the state department was a little anxious that it would look like they had gotten all of these warnings that they hadn't paid any attention to. so what they're saying here is this was not about politics. this was about figuring out what we could say to the american people that was unclassified and that was accurate. as it turned out, of course, it was completely false. >> because i know in some of these documents, victoria nuland who was the spokesman, spokeswoman for the state department, she was very concerned about the reputation understandably so of the state department. >> well, that's one of the issues gloria just touched on was the fact that there was a huge cia presence in benghazi. and when they evacuated 30 individuals out the morning after, more than 20 of them were from the cia and the state department thought that this, especially the cia annex, tha
this was a cia outpost. four people from the state department were there for probably 30 or so people from the cia. they weren't talking about that. the state department was a little anxious that it would look like they had gotten all of these warnings that they hadn't paid any attention to. so what they're saying here is this was not about politics. this was about figuring out what we could say to the american people that was unclassified and that was accurate. as it turned out, of course, it...
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ambassador to russia was summoned to a meeting today over the claims he captured a cia agent posing as a diplomat. this is new video of the ambassador today. he came out 30 minutes later. never said a word to reporters waiting outside. the man is identified as ryan fogel. he's been ordered to leave the country immediately. he was caught, they say, disguised trying to recruit a russian security officer as a spy. >>> a new lawyer for the widow of boston bombing suspect tamerlan tsarnaev says his client will continue to cooperate. last week, joshua doppler radarle joined katherine russell's dradle joined katherine russell's questions. according to an unnamed source, boston's fire chief is receiving a vote of no confidence. 14 signed an order saying they do not think he's fit for doing his job. today marks one month since the attack. >>> the social network linked- in is banning profiles who people work in the world's oldest profession. they are updating the policy and their user agreement. it now explicitly forbids escort services or prostitution, even if it's legal where that person lives
ambassador to russia was summoned to a meeting today over the claims he captured a cia agent posing as a diplomat. this is new video of the ambassador today. he came out 30 minutes later. never said a word to reporters waiting outside. the man is identified as ryan fogel. he's been ordered to leave the country immediately. he was caught, they say, disguised trying to recruit a russian security officer as a spy. >>> a new lawyer for the widow of boston bombing suspect tamerlan tsarnaev...
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so prime minister churchill asked president eisenhower to overthrow most and act on their behalf the cia and the british helped stage the coup that ended the last democratic government in iran ever knew. after most of that was overthrown he was sentenced to three years in the president and house arrest for life. after the cia deposed most of the place muhammad raise ashot power the shah ruled for twenty five years with the pressure until finally spoke provoked them eight hundred seventy nine islamic revolution. with fundamentalists clerics now in power the company that would eventually be known as b.p. was forced to look elsewhere for their oil. we're all the product of our environment. i grew up in a unique place yeah. this is one part of the world dances to a different to. louisiana is in my blood it shaped who i am. a lot of people i grew up with became fishermen or musicians or oil workers. or chefs. i became a film. my family has deep roots in the easy and. the do praise the daily bars in the show vans all immigrated from france and settled in this region over a hundred years ago. a
so prime minister churchill asked president eisenhower to overthrow most and act on their behalf the cia and the british helped stage the coup that ended the last democratic government in iran ever knew. after most of that was overthrown he was sentenced to three years in the president and house arrest for life. after the cia deposed most of the place muhammad raise ashot power the shah ruled for twenty five years with the pressure until finally spoke provoked them eight hundred seventy nine...
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the e maims are between the white house, the fbi, the cia and other agencies showing how the talking points changed over time as officials worked on what to tell congress and the american people about the attack. joining me now are chief congressional correspondent, dana bash, jessica yellin, gloria borger and senior political analyst david gergen. dana, let me start with you. the resignation of the acting irs commissioner came out quickly after the audit was released yesterday. what do we know? >> that's right it came really quickly, there was so much outrage, so many unsatisfied republicans and democrats with the inspector general for not assigning blame and wrongdoing with the irs. they knew heads needed to roll. steven miller seems to be the one who got fired for several reasons. first of all, he's only the acting commissioner now, but he was the number two, and we learned this week he was told about targeting tea party and other groups a year ago. and he never disclosed that to members of congress who were investigating this very thing. >> and he was supposed to testify friday a
the e maims are between the white house, the fbi, the cia and other agencies showing how the talking points changed over time as officials worked on what to tell congress and the american people about the attack. joining me now are chief congressional correspondent, dana bash, jessica yellin, gloria borger and senior political analyst david gergen. dana, let me start with you. the resignation of the acting irs commissioner came out quickly after the audit was released yesterday. what do we...
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talking points and ended up as cia talking points. they went through all of the obvious details and suspicions and as the judge points out, discredited an ally in the libyan president who said the same day that susan rice went on the talk shows to do the scrub talking points that this is indeed a terrorist attack. slowing down the fbi's investigation endangering our national security. there is is a lot of cover yourself in here. that is going to be hard for the white house susan. >> it's hard to know where to start with all the untruths and sort of the casual attitude towards the truth it shows with what you just showed. the president saying every aspect of this was investigated the report that the state department had put out in december when the chairman of it says no, we had no mandate to do anything about the talking points for an example. that is as clearly an untruth. he throws them off so casually. we also heard after the talking points that the reason they had to strip out any reference to a.q., al qaeda or a.q.i.m. or terrori
talking points and ended up as cia talking points. they went through all of the obvious details and suspicions and as the judge points out, discredited an ally in the libyan president who said the same day that susan rice went on the talk shows to do the scrub talking points that this is indeed a terrorist attack. slowing down the fbi's investigation endangering our national security. there is is a lot of cover yourself in here. that is going to be hard for the white house susan. >> it's...
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that the cia, the leaders at the cia, very much agreed with the assessment of the state department and the white house that they were content that the final talking points were not scrubbed down in any way. that they believe that those did accurately nonstra lly no lly d assessment of what took place at that time on september 11th of 2012 at the mbenbenghazi diplom facility. initially referred to as a consulate. one of the specific changes referred to a stylistic at the time. we saw -- we have now copies of all 12 of the talking points. and the e-mail conversations that took place behind the scenes. there are e-mails from the cia director at the time, david petraeus, the deputy director, mike morrell. as well as e ma-mails written b top people at the white house as well as members at the state department. >> you mean there's been some revision now in what we know to be the case, that ansar sharia, the al qaeda group in south africa was somehow erased? take that one. the initial version of the talking points to be used by susan rice referenced ansar sharia, al qaeda group in north afric
that the cia, the leaders at the cia, very much agreed with the assessment of the state department and the white house that they were content that the final talking points were not scrubbed down in any way. that they believe that those did accurately nonstra lly no lly d assessment of what took place at that time on september 11th of 2012 at the mbenbenghazi diplom facility. initially referred to as a consulate. one of the specific changes referred to a stylistic at the time. we saw -- we have...
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white house officials say the cia made the changes. >>> the cia was the agency that made changes to the edits, to the talking points and then produced the talking points. >> to blame the cia is a convenient truth. the real truth is meem were there in tripoli and benghazi knew this was a terrorist attack from the get-go. >>> u.s. ambassador and bay area native, chris stevens, and three other americans were killed in the attacks. republican legislators are promising more hearings they say will show the white house tried to cover up errors that could have saved american lives. >>> this morning, reports of a new problem on the bay bridge. officials already warning this one could delay the opening of that new span. caltrans has recently discovered 400 or so threaded rods that could be vulnerable to cracking if exposed to rainwater. >> that according to a report in the san francisco chronicle. the rods are meant to protect the bridge during a major earthquake. experts say inspecting them won't be a simple task considering they are in the base of the tower. >>> amy renworth says those inspecti
white house officials say the cia made the changes. >>> the cia was the agency that made changes to the edits, to the talking points and then produced the talking points. >> to blame the cia is a convenient truth. the real truth is meem were there in tripoli and benghazi knew this was a terrorist attack from the get-go. >>> u.s. ambassador and bay area native, chris stevens, and three other americans were killed in the attacks. republican legislators are promising more...
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is there something seriously wrong at the cia? wrong at the cia? let's go "outfront." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good evening, everyone. i'm erin burnett, out front tonight. >>> a federal imagining straight hasfused a request to take current and periodic photos of tsarnaev throughout his recovery. at the federal bureau of prisons medical facility. the lawyers say that they want the photos to provide evidence of tsarnaev's, quote, evolving mental and physical state in federal custody. perhaps how long it takes for him to recover from what happened that night. susan candiotti is in boston tonight. susan, why was this request made, and why did the judge deny it? >> it's very interesting. the only reason we're finding out about this at all, is the judge made her ruling public. all the motions that were initsially a few weeks ago were all under seal and kept from public view. but here's what the judge is telling us, because the defense and government not talking. apparently the defense wanted to take these photographs cord rg to the judge
is there something seriously wrong at the cia? wrong at the cia? let's go "outfront." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good evening, everyone. i'm erin burnett, out front tonight. >>> a federal imagining straight hasfused a request to take current and periodic photos of tsarnaev throughout his recovery. at the federal bureau of prisons medical facility. the lawyers say that they want the photos to provide evidence of tsarnaev's, quote, evolving mental and...
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with me now is former cia operative mike baker. joins us from boise. david hunt still with us from boston and christopher is still with us in new york. mike, right from the get-go, they threw the cia under the bus. do you feel exonerated? >> yeah. unhappily so. you'd like to think that the white house has more honor than that. we've been talking about, judge, on your show surely since the attack occurred. the white house, oddly enough, is in charge of the white house talking points, the points that they put together under their direction to explain their position on any particular matter. they would like us to think somehow that the cia is driving that train or the state department now. as if somehow the white house is nothing more than a mouthpiece. you send over your talking points, we'll read whatever you draft. it's an indication of this continuing contempt that the president has for the public and the belief that they can't tell the difference between a load of crap and the truth. >> that's an interesting comment. colonel hunt, i'm going back to y
with me now is former cia operative mike baker. joins us from boise. david hunt still with us from boston and christopher is still with us in new york. mike, right from the get-go, they threw the cia under the bus. do you feel exonerated? >> yeah. unhappily so. you'd like to think that the white house has more honor than that. we've been talking about, judge, on your show surely since the attack occurred. the white house, oddly enough, is in charge of the white house talking points, the...
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that ambassador rice was speaking based on talking points, provided by the cia. and that the fundamental error in those talking points was corrected by us when we became -- when it became clear that new information shed new light on what happened, and this was not a case as republicans charged again and again, that ambassador rice had, at the direction of the white house or anyone else, said what she said about our understanding that there had been protests. that was the intelligence that she was provided. >> jay, quickly, before you go, on the ap story where the justice department has been investigating, the associated press, i have the feeling if you were back in our old job at "time" magazine, you may be one of the complaining chorus in the white house press corps about that being overbroad, reaching for too much, and that this is exactly what the press has to fear in this kind of situation with the government. >> well, i addressed this, lawrence, as you know. i was asked about this from the podium. and i can tell you two things. as a citizen, i believe it's i
that ambassador rice was speaking based on talking points, provided by the cia. and that the fundamental error in those talking points was corrected by us when we became -- when it became clear that new information shed new light on what happened, and this was not a case as republicans charged again and again, that ambassador rice had, at the direction of the white house or anyone else, said what she said about our understanding that there had been protests. that was the intelligence that she...
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cia, in the he military. they're doing it the best they kinds of ll conflicting orders being given agencies different and in different political groups. think that i feel like the western united states just simply not taking this threat these two ecause rothers if they had nuclear bombs, they would have had exploded twice. this to me is similar to communism. the red communism. just happens to be green. people think so politically correct. they don't see the threat. ideology that's a problem. millions of people are forced to live into it. >> thanks for the call. confess. i know i'm supposed to be the terrorism guy. i don't buy it. afraid to call radical islam a problem. you ought to think about two it a before you call problem. i'm an analyst. i deal in facts. one, if you compare violence in this country versus iolence in the high with schools, i have ten nieces and nephews. about terrorism with my nieces and nephews. i care about guns, gangs. it.'s we're focused on operations stopping the plot. we're not focu
cia, in the he military. they're doing it the best they kinds of ll conflicting orders being given agencies different and in different political groups. think that i feel like the western united states just simply not taking this threat these two ecause rothers if they had nuclear bombs, they would have had exploded twice. this to me is similar to communism. the red communism. just happens to be green. people think so politically correct. they don't see the threat. ideology that's a problem....
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the head of office of public affairs at the cia, victoria nuland at the state department. ben rhodes at the national security council. shawn turner in the office of the director of national intelience. and aaron pelton -- the u.s./u.n. office. we have a bunch of communications people. why are coze -- why are all of these communications people setting out the definitions of what happened in benghazi? it strikes me they ought to be smaller players and there ought to be bigger players. the second thing that strikes me is victoria nuland is driving than -- the antagonism toward the cia. she says at 9:24 friday night. these don't resolve all my issues or those of my building leadership. they are consulting with nss. some unnamed boss of hers is consulting with the nss, which is the national security staff, meaning the white house. the question is, who above victoria nuland was talking to who at the white house about these talking points? there is also reference in here to a secure video conference with the cia, state and white house and fbi, talking about the talking points and
the head of office of public affairs at the cia, victoria nuland at the state department. ben rhodes at the national security council. shawn turner in the office of the director of national intelience. and aaron pelton -- the u.s./u.n. office. we have a bunch of communications people. why are coze -- why are all of these communications people setting out the definitions of what happened in benghazi? it strikes me they ought to be smaller players and there ought to be bigger players. the second...
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you sound very angry and talking about the blame that was leveled at the cia. what upsetted you most about that and are you still angered by it? >> i don't know if i'll ever stop being angry, honestly. even though i would like to. what was most angering about that was being out in front, giving warnings, working hard, not just me, but all the people i worked with, and not just in the cia, but in other organizations as well, and then, you know, just having congress and others just turn on you for their own political reasons and really had nothing to do with the truth. >> you know, tell me, i know both of you are formerly with the cia, when did you leave and why? >> cindy? >> well, that's a hard one. i was in a position where i was -- couldn't publish on the outside and i couldn't really publish what i thought on the inside either. analysis was out of fashion and at that point i decided it is time to leave. >> and what about for you, nada? >> i just decided it was a good time for me to try to explore something else. it was -- it was an unusual ten years that i wa
you sound very angry and talking about the blame that was leveled at the cia. what upsetted you most about that and are you still angered by it? >> i don't know if i'll ever stop being angry, honestly. even though i would like to. what was most angering about that was being out in front, giving warnings, working hard, not just me, but all the people i worked with, and not just in the cia, but in other organizations as well, and then, you know, just having congress and others just turn on...
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in fact, there's almost an antismoking gun, which is the e-mail from the general counsel of the cia, who at one point explicitly writes, i know there's a hurry to get this, but we need to hold it long enough to ascertain whether providing it, this is the original talking points which did have information about al qaeda, which did talk about libya being a wash in weapons and that this being likely an attack by militant extremists, but whether providing it conflicts with the expressed instructions from national security staff, d.o.j., fbi, that in light of the criminal investigation, we are not to generate statements with assessments as to who did this. that sort of sets the ball in motion in terms of scrubbing out all relevant details about who was behind the attack from the talking points. then you put on top of that, that very revealing sort of bureaucratic knife fight between the state department and the cia in which state department officials are taking umbrage at the idea that there were cia warnings about the threat of a terrorist attack. clearly, the cia was trying to push that
in fact, there's almost an antismoking gun, which is the e-mail from the general counsel of the cia, who at one point explicitly writes, i know there's a hurry to get this, but we need to hold it long enough to ascertain whether providing it, this is the original talking points which did have information about al qaeda, which did talk about libya being a wash in weapons and that this being likely an attack by militant extremists, but whether providing it conflicts with the expressed...
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diplomat be expelled from the country after officials say they caught him wearing a disguise fothe cia. ryan foggal was detained. russians say he was carrying disgui disguises, spy gears and wrisen instructions for a russian recruit. >>> you can see behind us a lot of sunshine showing us. let's take another look. an area we could barely see yesterday because of the cloud cover. the sunshine is here but cooler temperatures underway. over drinking anddriving. how much is too much? why the federal government wants to lower the limit. >>> >>> a former football star who went on to play for the new orleans saints and san diego chargers has passed way. muncie died today of a heart attack. he was known for the youth foundation helping young people turn away from gangs. muncie was 60 years old. >>> o.j. simpson is back in a courtroom for day two into the hearing for efforts to get a new trial. lawyers asked the judge to let him have one hand free so he could take notes and sip water. the judge agreed. the judge is looking into whether the trial lawyer had conflicts of interest. he is serving fo
diplomat be expelled from the country after officials say they caught him wearing a disguise fothe cia. ryan foggal was detained. russians say he was carrying disgui disguises, spy gears and wrisen instructions for a russian recruit. >>> you can see behind us a lot of sunshine showing us. let's take another look. an area we could barely see yesterday because of the cloud cover. the sunshine is here but cooler temperatures underway. over drinking anddriving. how much is too much? why...
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joining me now is phil black from moscow and former cia officer bob baer. phil, what are the latest details? >> reporter: well, anderson, after being detained last night here in moscow time, ryan fogle was we are told released back into the custody of u.s. embassy officials, and the expectation is now that he's been declared persona non grata he must leave the country immediately. we do not know when precisely and at the moment the u.s. embassy is maintaining silence, still no comment whatsoever. anderson? >> bob, what do you make of this? you're a former cia officer. the letter, the wigs, a compass in moscow, does it make sense to you? >> it makes no sense at all, anderson. you don't carry a compass when you make a meeting in moscow. you never carry a letter. wigs are a waste of time. you just never wear them. if you know who you're meeting it just doesn't matter what you look like. it almost looks like this a kgb, they call it the fsb, plant, to embarrass the united states. but for me, that tells a bigger story, relations between russian intelligence and
joining me now is phil black from moscow and former cia officer bob baer. phil, what are the latest details? >> reporter: well, anderson, after being detained last night here in moscow time, ryan fogle was we are told released back into the custody of u.s. embassy officials, and the expectation is now that he's been declared persona non grata he must leave the country immediately. we do not know when precisely and at the moment the u.s. embassy is maintaining silence, still no comment...